The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/compline-2025-the-third-sunday-of-advent-gaudete/

December 14, 2025 • The Third Sunday of Advent: GAUDETE

ORISON: Comfort, comfort ye my people (Tune: PSAUME 42) – mel. Louis Bourgeois (c. 1510-1559); adapt. Claude Goudimel (1514-1572)

PSALM 146:4-9 – Plainsong, Tone IV.2

HYMN: Love divine, all loves excelling (Tune: HYFRYDOL) – Rowland Hugh Prichard (1811-1887)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: O day of peace that dimly shines (Tune: JERUSALEM) – C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918); arr. Nathan Jensen (b. 1969)

Jason Anderson, director • Jason Williams, guitar • Jeffrey Ricco, reader • Jeremy Matheis, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Priscilla Strand and Claire Thomas.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/12/07/compline-2025-the-second-sunday-of-advent/

December 7, 2025 • The Second Sunday of Advent

ORISON (H 55): Redeemer of the nations, come (Tune: VENI REDEMPTOR GENTIUM) – Plainsong, Mode I, Einsiedeln MS., 12th cent.

PSALM 72:1-7,18-19 – Plainsong, Tone I.1

HYMN: Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (Tune: ES FLOG EIN KLEINS WALDVÖGELIEN) – German folk song; adapt. and harm. Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941), Gregory Bloch, and Hymnal 1982

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: Blessed be the Lord God – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

Jason Anderson, director • Tyler Morse, reader • James Wilcox, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Estephan Meza and Molly Porter.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/compline-2025-the-first-sunday-of-advent/

November 30, 2025 • The First Sunday of Advent

ORISON: Matin Responsory – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

PSALM 122 – Plainchant, Tone I.2

HYMN: “Sleepers,wake!” A voice astounds us (Tune: WACHET AUF) – mel. Frewdenspiegel dess ewigen Lebens, 1599; harm. Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Richard Proulx (1937-2010)

ANTHEM: E’en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come – Paul Manz (1919-2009)

Jason Anderson, director • Gregory Bloch, reader • Joel Bevington, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers John Gulhaugen and Molly Porter.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/compline-2025-the-last-sunday-after-pentecost-the-reign-of-christ/

November 23, 2025 • The Last Sunday after Pentecost: The Reign of Christ (Proper 29C)

ORISON: O Jesus, crowned with all renown (Tune: KINGSFOLD) – English melody; harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958); arr. Gregory Bloch

PSALM 46 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Now thank we all our God (Tune: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT) – mel. Johann Crüger (1598-1662); harm. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), The Academic Hymnal, 1899, and Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Plainsong, Tone V; harm. June Nixon (b. 1942)

ANTHEM: Great Lord of lords – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

Jason Anderson, director • Scott Fikse, reader • Joey Blundell, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteer: hospitality minister Jim Buskirk.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/compline-2025-the-twenty-third-sunday-after-pentecost/

November 16, 2025 • The 23rd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 28C)

ORISON: New songs of celebration render (Tune: RENDEZ A DIEU) – mel. attr. Loys Bourgeois (c. 1510-c. 1561); harm. Claude Goudimel (c. 1514-1572)

PSALMS 98 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Disposer supreme, and judge of the earth (Tune: OLD 104TH) – mel. Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1590-1633); harm. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Erin Aas (b. 1972)

ANTHEM: Sive vigilem – William Mundy (c. 1528-c. 1591)

POST-COMPLINE ORGAN MUSIC: Symphonie Gothique, Op. 70 – Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)

Fantasia in F Minor, K. 608 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Jason Anderson, director • J. Scott Kovacs, reader • Carl Bolstad, cantor • Paul Meier, post-compline organ recitalist

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Estephan Meza and Priscilla Strand; and sound engineer/videographer Micah Hayes

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/08/compline-2025-the-twenty-second-sunday-after-pentecost/

November 9, 2025 • The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 27C)

ORISON: Dedication – Joshua Haberman (b. 1982)

PSALM 17:1-14 – Jason A. Anderson (b. 1976)

HYMN: I know that my Redeemer lives (Tune: SHOUT ON) – Anon. 19th cent. American; arr. Alice Parker (1925-2023)

NUNC DIMITTIS – Arthur Wills (1926-2020)

ANTHEM: Steal away to Jesus – African-American Spiritual; arr. Dale Adelmann (b. 1961)

Jason Anderson, director • Joel Matter, reader • Tyler Morse, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers James Davidson and John Gulhaugen

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/

The Order of Service & repertoire may be found at: complineunderground.wordpress.com/2025/11/02/compline-2025-all-saints-sunday/

November 2, 2025 • ALL SAINTS’ SUNDAY

ORISON: Holy is the true light – William H. Harris (1883-1973)

PSALM 149 – Peter R. Hallock (1924-2014)

HYMN: Hark! I hear the harps eternal (Tune: INVITATION NEW) – arr. William Hauser (1812-1880); adapt. Gregory W. Bloch (b. 1977)

NUNC DIMITTIS for double choir – Charles Wood (1866-1926)

ANTHEM: Gaudent in caelis – Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)

Jason Anderson, director • Jeremy Matheis, reader • Theo Floor, cantor

Thanks to this evening's Compline volunteers: hospitality ministers Robin Ethridge and Estephan Meza, and videographer Michael Lee.

Compline at Saint Mark's Cathedral has been a Seattle tradition since 1956. All the singers are volunteers. Learn more at: https://saintmarks.org/worship/compline/
and: https://complinechoir.org/